Month: February 2010

Posted in Audio Columns Podcasts Tsundere Banana

Tsundere Banana – that Guy Had a Friggin’ Private Small Plane!

OK, the latest Tsundere Banana is out. I think I won’t post too many show notes because people are smart and they can look it…

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Posted in Manga Reviews

Alien Nine, Vol. 1: Head Frogs

Just as Half Life had its head crabs, Alien Nine, a bizarre attempt to fuse the school slice-of-life genre with bloody alien hunting antics, has…

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Posted in Manga Reviews

Welcome to the NHK! Vols. 5 & 6–Lying To Yourself

The story in the Welcome to the NHK! manga has now fully departed from that of the anime, and the bleakness is almost stifling. Still,…

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Posted in 日本語 萌え

萌我一如(Moe-atma-aikya)

萌我一如(Moe-atma-aikya) Mike and Ray from AnimeDiet strongly recommended Welcome to NHK, so I watched it. And this was so interesting that I watched 24 episodes…

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Posted in Anime Reviews

Jokes, Caprices, and Coincidences (Durarara! Thus Far..)

They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would…

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Posted in Editorials

Some Possibly Reckless Generalizations Based On Three Episodes of “Maburaho”

My roommate, having exhausted some of the current shows this season, was looking for some other anime to watch. Some time ago, when we were…

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